Ice-cream-shipping case



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Patented June 10, 1939 PATENT OFFICE EARL M. ROBINSON, OF WATERLOO, IOWA, ASSIGNOR TO RICHARD L. HALL, OF WATER- LOO, IOWA IGE-CREAM-SI-IIPPING CASE Application filed January 12, 1928.

My invention relates to improvements in shipping cases, and particularly to those especially constructed to receive and insulatedly cushion containers of ice cream, and

' the objects of my improvements are, first,

to supply a doubly walled container whose concentric wall structures are separable from each other, the outer one being a reinforcing member for the case; second, to furnish an outer case for both said structures, constructed as a cushioned and heat insulated cover therefor having improved closure means, and third, to provide a reinforcing detachable cushioning and wear enduring basal cup to inclose the bottom part or" said outer case, having convenient means for securing it upon the case.

Other improvements will be specifically disclosed in the description thereof hereinafter set forth. I

I have accomplished theabove objects by the means which are hereinafter described and claimed, and which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Fig. 1 is a perspective view of my improved shipping case with its elements secured together, and Fig. 2 is a vertical central section thereof, with some of the fastenings removed.

Fig. 3 is a perspective elevation of the concentric inner container and its reinforcing member as removed from the shipping case, and with the container stopper removed. Fig. 4- is a top plan view of the shipping case with its closure flaps secured in closed overlapping positions, and Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the basal wear cap as detached.

My invention is not restricted to the precise construction and arrangement of parts herein shown and described, nor to the various details thereof, as the same may be mod.- ified or rearranged in various particulars without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention, one practical embodiment of which has been herein illustrated and de scribed without attempting to show all of the various forms and modifications in which my invention might be embodied.

The numeral 1 denotes a closed bottom and open top cylindrical container, preferably made of metal, and having top stopper 2,

Serial No. 248,382.

A closed bottom and open top outer reinforcing cylindrical receptacle 3 incloses the container 1 to the top and has opposite notches 1 at its upper margin to serve as openings therethrough permitting a finger grip upon the top of the container 1 when it is desired to lift the same out of the receptacle 3 when the latter is seated within and to normally remain in place within the outer case 6. The receptacle 3 may be made of any suitable material, whether of metal or fiber, as desired.

The outer case 6 has inner and outer walls 7 and 6, the side wall parts whereof are spaced apart all aroundand whose interspace may be filled with a cushioning material such as cotton fibers S or the like, the same with its interstices being a heat insulating means to measurably prevent passage of heat therethrough. The outer wall layer 6, which may be of canvas, leather, or other flexible and wear resistant material may e quilted upon the filling 8, and at the bottom passes under the bottom of the removable receptacle 3, but spaced therefrom. a circular double walled pad 5 filled with like filling being secured upon the bottom of the case to insulate the bottom 01: the elements 3 and 1 from heat as also to serve as cusliioning means therefor.

The outer case 6 is constructed with an open top, the wall parts 6 and 7 being brought together in contact, and shaped with four oppositely located flaps, in opposite pairs which may be overlapped upon each other to close the case over the concentric container elements 3 and 1. Those flaps are denoted by the numerals to 12 inclusive, which may be overlaid in a desired superposition such as that shown, in which (see Fig. 41-) a single end strap fastener 16- may secure the two opposite overlapping and under pair of flaps 9 and 11 together across the cover 2 and said container elements 3 and 1, while a pair of buckle-connected straps 13 and 14 with buckles 15 secure the upper overlapped pair of flaps 12 and 10 together over the first-mentioned pair of flaps, securely closing the case and preventing shifting of the contained elements with.

in the case. The case as so constructed is well insulated and cushioned.

This type of case, however, is subject to very hard usage under the conditions of transportation, and especially the bottom portion thereof, which is often dragged along and receives hard knocks when pitched upon or off a car. I have therefore con trived a basal wear-cap or cup to receive the bottom part of the case 6 to receive this wear and protect the case from injury.

This wear-cap has an open top cylindrical side wall 19 which may be made from some wear resisting material, and having a permanent bottom closure 29 of like material with bottom studs 27 ofmetal to protect said closure from dragging friction.

The numeral 24 deno es staples fixed in opposite parts of the case 6 and which traverse opposite slots 20 in the cap side wall 19, the cap and the case being suiticiently deformable to permit the seating of the staples through said slots. Strap billets and 21 are fastened on the case 6 and cap 19 in line respectively and secured together by buckles 31 to secure them together, as shown in Fig. 1. The lower billet 21 has a loop 23 formed therein over and secured in this shape upon the cap 19 and in circumferential alinement with the staples 24, so that a strap 25 may be reeved through the loops 23 and staples 24 to additionally secure the cap in place and fitting contact upon the basal part of said outer case, the strap ends being connected by a buckle 26. The case may have at opposite sides looped handles 32. An address card 18 may be removably mounted in a frame member 17 secured upon the uppermost flap 12. It will be noticed that I have supplied triangular gussets 18 to cover and reinforce the top of the outer case between the flaps at the top thereof, and these close tightly the connections to keep out dust or moisture.

The combination shipping case shown may be varied in size and shape to secure its advantages for the storage and shipping of other goods of any kind Where heat insulation coupled with cushioning means are desired or necessary.

I have shown in Figs. 2 and 5, a circular hollow pad 28 seated removably in the cap 19 upon its bottom part 29, and which serves as an auxiliary heat insulating and cushioning member for the bottom of the case 6. v

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. A housing for an ice cream can, comprising an open top case having cushioning and heat insulating walls and bottom, means for closing the open top of said case, and a reinforcing cap with padded bottom removably fastened upon the outside of the bottom part of said case.

2. A housing for an ice cream can, comprising an open top cup-shaped casehaving cushioning and heat insulated walls and bottom, closing devices for the open top of the case, fastening means for said devices, and a heat-insulating padded cup-shaped reinforcing cap mounted upon and inclosing the outside of the lower side and bottom part of the case and removably secured thereupon.

3. A housing for an ice. cream can, comprising an outer flexible cup-shaped casing having cushioning and heat insulated double walls and bottom and an open top, closing means for said open top, an apertured reinforcing cup-shaped cap removably secured upon the outside wall of the lower part of said casing, a cushioning and heat insulating pad mounted within said cap between it and the bottom of saidcasing, and fastening means on the casing traversing the apertures on the cap.

4. A housing for an ice cream can, comprising a double walled flexible cup-shaped outer casing the interspace of whose walls is filled with cushioning and heat insulating fibrous material, a reinforcing apertured cap detachably mounted around and covering the bottom part of said casing, staples on said casing releasably traversing the apertures in said cap to project therebeyond, a cushioning and heat insulating device mounted within said cap to cover the bottom of the casing thereabove and fastening straps with buckles, the straps traversing said staples removably to secure the cap to the casing.

5. A housing for an ice cream can, comprising a hollow cup-shaped casing with. open top made of flexible material, fastening means therefor, and a deformable reinforcing cup-shaped cap removably secured upon the outside of the bottom part of said casing to serve as a wear resisting device therefor, and separably connected staples upon said casing releasably cbnnected to said cap to secure the cap in place upon the casing upon deformation of the cap.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

EARL M. ROBINSON.

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